Dresden Dolls, Lucero's Ben Nichols on Cash Trib
09/03/2008

All Aboard: A Tribute To Johnny Cash to benefit the Syrentha Savio Endownment.
By Blurt Staff
Anchorless Records today announced All Aboard: A Tribute To Johnny Cash benefiting the Syrentha Savio Endowment (SSE), a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance to underprivileged victims of breast cancer. The comp features performances by the Dresden Dolls (with The Hold Steady’s Franz Nicolay), The Loved Ones, Gaslight Anthem and MxPx as well as debut solo performances from Lucero’s Ben Nichols, Russ Rankin of Good Riddance and Smoke or Fire’s Joe McMahon.
From the press release: “It is our hope that through this record we are able to introduce a new generation of music fans to the songs and importance of Johnny Cash via their favorite artists. The liner notes include quotes from each artist, expressing their feelings on the impact Johnny Cash has had on them both musically and personally.”
The vinyl version of All Aboard will feature an alternate version of "Delia's Gone" by Ben Nichols of Lucero. Expect a full album stream to be featured on www.Punknews.org starting October 21.

Track Listing:
1. Man In Black: The Bouncing Souls
2. Country Boy: Fallen From The Sky
3. Wreck Of The Old ’97: Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music)
4. Let The Train Whistle Blow: Joe McMahon (Smoke or Fire)
5. Delia’s Gone: Ben Nichols (Lucero)
6. God’s Gonna Cut You Down: The Gaslight Anthem
7. Cocaine Blues: The Loved Ones
8. Give My Love To Rose: OnGuard (feat. Jason Shevchuk of Kid Dynamite and None More Black)
9. I Still Miss Someone: Casey James Prestwood (Hot Rod Circuit)
10. Hey Porter: MxPx
11. Cry,Cry,Cry: The Flatliners
12. Ballad of a Teenage Queen: The Dresden Dolls feat. Franz Nicolay of The Hold Steady
13. Folsom Prison Blues: Chon Travis (Love = Death)
14. There You Go: The Sainte Catherines
15. I Walk The Line: Russ Rankin (Good Riddance, Only Crime)
16. Bonus Track/Vinyl Only: Delia’s Gone (Alternate Version) Ben Nichols (Lucero)
About The Syrentha Savio Endowment (SSE)
The Syrentha Savio Endowment (SSE), an Internal Revenue recognized non-profit organization, provides financial assistance to underprivileged women who cannot afford the expense of fighting breast cancer. Since their inception in 2002, SSE has raised funds through a handful of programs including The Shirts for a Cure Project, The SSE Benefit Concert Series, annual charity dinners, awareness walks and online auctions. SSE has awarded gifts to organizations that help women in struggling neighborhoods find the means to fight this killer. For more information on SSE see www.syrentha.org.
(Photo: Lucero, by Sam Holden)











